Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-18

Young masters alive. let me know it.
prrha : he is alive; perhaps he's near
us: perhaps he came down with you
to-l light.
Tie stranger unwOund shawl-hand-
kcrchicf, in which his voice and chin
had been mutlled. raised his hat from
his brow, and advanced ron unuci
the shade cast by the stable wall. into
the moonlight.
Reuben. John Lee! do l look any
ding like him?"
Farmer Lee and Charles Dalrymple
had to support the old man. His
knees bent, his strength went from
him. and they thought he would have
tainted; the joy Of recognizing his
Young master. raised-as it indeed
scemed-from a six years grave. was
100 much for him. Tears partially re-
'ieved him and he sobbed like a child.
But it's magic" uttered the farmer,
when he had w ing Charles hand as ii
he would wiring it Oft, ''it's nothing
less. Dead, yet alive"'
Il never was dead" smiled Charles.
1.-The night when l found myself ire
trievably ruined, rogue as well as a
mailman"
Hold there, SIR" sobbed Reuben;
"a rogue you never we're"
II was, Reuben. Lee! ruined my
self, l staked that night at the gaming
table the money held Of yours: staked
it and lost 1t. When wandered down
10 Westminster bridge afterward. and
hung over it, the thought was in my
heart to take the leap into the river.
and into futurity. as my uncle had
done before me. A young man, who
came past pulled me back, Indignantly
asked what meant bv harging there.
To that circumstance l believe owe
my preservation" .o,,. ,.o IT., -, \,
and brought back to me next day." in
terrupted poor. bewildered, happy
Reuben.
ut blew off into the river; it was
one of the windiest nights was
ever ont in, save at sea-" answered
Charles. "In the morning l pledged
my watch and ring. both valuable, dis
guised myself in rough clothes. and
went to Liverpool, and on board a
packet bound for America. There l
have been working honestly for my
bread, as a clerk; and my cousins
death, which saw in the papers. has
brought me back"
"Ay, you are the heir to Dalrymple
now, Mr.. Charles; and poor Sir Charles
is on his last legs, we hear" cried MIR.
Lee. ibid you know it, sirP"
II know, perhaps, more than you
do" returned Charles. II come from
Dalrymple now; I went straight there
on my arrival"
"But how could you be alive all this
while, and never tell us. Mr.. Charles?"
pleaded Reuben. ut was cruel, sir. "
Reuben, l literally dared not. /
dreaded the consequences of my fraud
the money I had used of yours, Lee.
The fear of being prosecuted as GRIM
inal was always upon me. had just
saved up enough to replace Il. when
/ lcarntmy cousins death, and that l
was consequently the heir to Dali
,tmpie. I knew that fact would CHI
able me to make arrangements for my
other debts, and came to England. "
MIR. Lee! Mr.. Lce! suddenly cried
the excited Reuben, che is your land
lord now. not that screw that has been
acting it, and you won't get turned
out l never thought of that"
II have been thinking of nothing
else," said the farmer, ENORMOUSLY.
you'll not turn me out, Mr.. Charles?"
mo, that l will not" laughed
Charles, "and those who are already
out shall 60 back again. But fear
shall be obliged to turn somebody out
Of the Grange"
Mrs. DalrympleP Reuben said he
should break down if he attempted it.
and do more harm than good. Farmer
Lee hit upon the brightest scheme;
that Isabel Lynn should be taken into
their confidence, and that she should
break it to Mrs. Dalrymple.
So they fetched out Isabel, and GER
tainly managed to startle and confuse
her. Farmer Lee opened the confer
ence by telling her, with an uncom-
fortably mysterious air, that a dead
man was come to life again, who was
asking to see her, and Isabel's thoughts
few to poor laborer, who had died,
really died, that morning in the neigh
borhood. When she was hopelcssly
and thoroughly mystiied. Charles
emerged from his hiding place behind
the stables, and they introduced him as
Mr.. Charles Dalrymple, just returned
from abroad, which did not tend to
mend matters; at least, until her shock
of startled surprise was over.
She undertook the difficult task of
preparing his mother and sister, and
Charles gave her his arm to accompany
her by circuitous path to the front en-
rance. Never had she accepted any
arm with feelings so strange; one mo-
mcnt in q whirlpool of happiness, the
next believing she must be walking
Familiarity with resuscitatcd ghost.
Isabel" he said. THAT is more than
I deserve"
"Your coming backp"
"Not that My coming back to find
yoM."
Ibid you think should be dead as
you wcre?"
Something worse than dead. Mar
ried. l have found you, have / moi"
he murmured--"found you for my
ownp"
"Charles! When you know you for
mally gave me up, as soon as you
came into the Grange!'
"Ay, in one of my hot-headcd i'm
pulses; because l had vowed a VOW to
my father that my mother should re-
main mistress of the Grange, and I
gould not s,e my way clear to keep
her there and marry you. It was that,
the losing you, which drove me to
recklessness. Oh, Isabel, have bought
experience dearly! To find you Isabel
Lynn is indeed more than deserve.
l have never forgotten you; 1 have
loved you dearly up to this, my return;
let it be again with US as OF old; YOU
promised then to be my wife; promise
it now"
She burst into tears; her feelings we're
too highly strung, her Joy too great, to
retain composure longer; and she
turned and leaned her head upon him
for support, he bending fondly over
her to catch her whisper:
Eyes, Charles, if you so will it."
| They were in danger of forgetting
Isabels task. but she soon Quilted him
| l.